Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6183 Advanced Diploma of Interpreting (Spoken Language)

Course Title: Negotiate translating or interpreting assignments

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 25

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
LANG5895C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2024, Term1 2025

Course Contact: Ya-Ping Kuo

Course Contact Phone: +(61 3) 9925 3771

Course Contact Email: ya-ping.kuo@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to collect and assess information about the nature and conditions of translating or interpreting assignments, to review personal competence to undertake an assignment and to negotiate an agreed approach to assignments with clients and booking agencies.

This unit applies to those working as translators or interpreters in a range of contexts.

This unit is delivered in a cluster as follows:

Monologue Cluster (Spoken language)

PSPTIS103	Build glossaries for translating and interpreting
PSPTIS146	Negotiate translating or interpreting assignments
PSPTIS132	Interpret in complex monologue settings
PSPTIS138	Use note taking to recall and reproduce source messages

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	PSPTIS146 Negotiate translating or interpreting assignments
Elements:	1. Collect and assess assignment information. 2. Assess ability to complete assignment. 3. Respond to assignment proposal.

Learning Outcomes

Overview of Assessment

Assessment will be ongoing during the semester and you will be asked a variety of assessment tasks and activities to assess your level of competence against key performance criteria.

These assessment tasks/activities may include, but are not limited to:

- Practical demonstrations

- Observation checklists

- Simulated interpreting assignments

- Written assessments